"Hocus Pocus" discount code and David Ben lecture in Kitchener

From Magicana:

Individual tickets are available for Hocus Pocus, an intimate evening of magic by David Ben - part of Soulpepper's Family Festival and 20th anniversary celebration. Performances run from December 10 to December 31 with twenty-two performances to choose from. Join us at Soulpepper at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts - located in Toronto's Distillery Historical District.

Single and subscription tickets are available now starting from $25.00. Our subscribers receive a 10% discount on shows from December 10 to 21 by entering the code MAGIC10 (near the top right corner of the Buy Tickets page).  

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From the KW Hat and Wand Magic Club:

• Thursday, October 13th 2016 - Lecture by David Ben

Toronto: Browser's Den 41st store anniversary party

From the Browser's Den:

Sunday, November 6

FREE PRIZES * BIG DISCOUNTS ON ALL MAGIC ALL DAY LONG * MINI MAGIC AUCTION * COFFEE & SNACKS * PARTY SANDWICHES * MAGIC TRIVIA QUIZ WITH BIG PRIZES * LEN COOPER MEMORIAL AWARD * BIRTHDAY CAKE

Dear Magic Friend,

All of us here at Browser's Den would like to personally invite you to attend our 41st store anniversary party.

Many of you have been customers of ours since the beginning back in 1975. We could not have done it without all of our dedicated customers both old and new. And in appreciation of this special relationship we have a full day of fun events planned for you.

This is also the day that we remember our founders Len and Bernice Cooper.

Jeff Pinsky purchased Browser's Den from Len and Bernice in 1995. Len passed away in 2003. And since then at each anniversary party we hand out in Len's memory a full set of eight Tarbell Course in Magic books to someone under 26 years of age who has shown a dedication to the art of magic.


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Keeping up with Shawn Farquhar in the rest of 2016

If you know Shawn, even in passing, you'll know that he logs a lot of time in airports.  A. Lot.

Here's a taste of what he's got planned for next month:

• Maxwell Blade's Festival of Magic in Arkansas: Sept. 30 to Oct. 2
• IBM Ring 129 Workshop Revival in Kansas: Oct. 5 to 8
• Thailand Magic Extravaganza in Thailand: Oct. 13 to 16

(Rumour has it Shawn will also be back at the Magic Castle November 28th to December 4th, with a special lecture on Sunday December the 4th.  Shhhh... you didn't hear it from me.)

Toronto: Lawrence Hass lecture and workshop

From the The Sid Lorraine Hat & Rabbit Club (IBM Ring 17) Facebook page:

You really don't want to miss this one.

Upcoming lecture for October 6th:
Lawrence Hass
Performing Magic with More Impact

WORKSHOP:
October 8th, 1PM. Enrollment will be limited.

There is an essential difference between performances that create an experience of magic and those that feel like “a trick.” For nearly twenty years Lawrence Hass has been writing and teaching magicians about this difference to help them create better, more impactful magic. His new book on this subject, Inspirations: Performing Magic with Excellence, has been receiving extraordinary praise from master magicians, such as Lance Burton, Mac King, and Juan Tamariz.

In this lecture for magicians Larry will share several fundamental ideas for increasing the impact of your magic by performing and teaching a number of real-world routines from his professional repertoire—routines that typically astonish magicians as well! Among the topics to be covered are: audience involvement, deep method, improving conviction, opening the show, among others.

Inverness: Billy Kidd at the Inverness Street Festival

From the InvenessBID Twitter feed:
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Internationally renowned Magician @Billykiddshow will perform at the Inverness Street Festival from 13-15 October pic.twitter.com/96q40dVu8L

— Inverness BID (@InvernessBID) September 19, 2016

News from Paul Romhany about VANISH Magic Magazine

From Paul Romhany's newsletter:

I have been extremely busy over the past six months working with several different teams who are each helping me take VANISH to a new level in the magic magazine world.

Over the next few months I'll be sharing all the amazing news with you. Here is the first great piece of news for readers of VANISH ...

VANISH MAGIC MAGAZINE will be coming out MONTHLY starting January 2017 and it will remain FREE per edition for that month.

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Edmonton: Sheldon Casavant at Creative Mornings

From Creative Mornings:

September 30

Sheldon Casavant isn’t your everyday magician. With his uniquely captivating and humorous style of magic, Sheldon was nominated as Entertainer of the Year in 2009 and 2010 by the Canadian Events Industry and was named one of Avenue Magazine’s Top 40 Under 40 in 2014. Sheldon has entertained across Canada, the United States, Mexico, Panama, China, and has performed over 630 shows in Japan.

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